Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 8, 1876, Page 11

1111y UalVAGU 1 R1IbULveat CALUKDA L Ax anlls 1o Lwvwauliviay 2 AU = BRITISH INDIA. Letter from Gien. Torsyth to Glen. Sheridan. English Civil and Military Rule in Hindostan. A Country willl an Extent of 1,000,000 Squaro Miles, and a Population of 200,000,000 Souls, The Feudatory States---A Stupen- dous System of Irrigating Canals, _feven Thousand Miles of Railway--- No Danger to Be Apprehend- ed from Russia. " Financial Resources of the Indian Em- pire=--Progress in Education ~A Fine Army. Bousas, Dritish India, Feb, 3, 1876.—Lieul.~ (en. P, 11, Sheridan, Chicago, Jil.--My DEAR G- EnaL: Wo arrived heroyestorday, aftor spending somothing moro thau two months in, Coutral, Northorn, aud Enstorn India ; and vow, having soon the poople, and traveled over 7,000 mites | throngh tho country, I am, to a himited oxtont, prepared to say somothing of English clvil and mititary rulo in this part of the world, Indin iw, in o cortain senso of the word, s British colony ; In tho truoe sonse, IT 18 NOT, g Englisbrmen {n India slay; they do uot sellle. They ocumo to Iudia to serve the Goverumout luring atorm of ysors in both tho civil and aflitary services, with the Intontivn of spsud- xg the ovoning of hfo at homo; aud, whon tliey ndveuturo hera na busi- poss<mon, they only remain lonjy enough to accamulate » compstoncy, and then sail for England. Conscquently, anve in rare instances, now mon with now idoas—in fact, udvanced 1doss, from tho regions of progressive civiliza- Lion—are constant)y replacing mon of sxperionce, who, baving spent from twolve to thirly-five years undor & Southorn sun, and {u many cases rorn thomselves out in sorvico aud trade, scok thoir boyhood-Liomo to speud tho years that may be allotted them after middle age. Now, tho youngor gonorations that are constantly coming out to take thoir places will, if they sorvive, go Lorae to England in their turn, and be succeedod by othors. But the Englishman Linanot yot taken root in India; and bowto induco him to o 80 I8, in my opiulon, one of the great probe lema to be solved by tho ralers of this conntry. Although thisconstant chiangimgof the Eng lish population 18, to & certain oxtent, bad for the future supremacy of England, providing seme way I8 not found to overcomo it, novorthelses, itis, ln the very nature of things, 8 good thilng for the natives; and, in the course of a fow ga- sratlons, will, under tho prosent educational system, takon in councction with the public in»- provements which aro so rapidly doveloping under the wiro administration of tho oxisting powers, creato a poworful party of educatod Asiatica, who will bo apt to ask themselves tho question whether they are not CAVADLE OF GOVERNING THEMSETVES, Now men, tiko now wine, are apt to burst old Niottles ; aud the progreesive youugster of 1870 is very apt t= Boo whero he can improve upon the Idess of tho man who touched the sliores of (ndia in 1836, and {s not likoly to rost satisficd with tho tiwinwicls thrown around the Asiatic by 1o, perhaps temely, wisdom of Biw predocesdors ; for the Hindoo and Mokammedan of 1876 is not the man koown to the Angle-Iundian ofiicor of thirty years ago. Durning the nway of the East India Company, the nativa J nst-Indian, so far as the corparation ving coucor aed, wes simply a monoy-gotting ma- clune, Hrs value fn tne markot as a producor waa caroltilly eatimated and traded upon, sud 1bs policy of John Compsuy was, the largost poseible dividend upon the smallest pousible ox- venditirs, Wiiea, however, tho mutiny of 1857 Arove shio East-Indis Company to the wall, and Ller N.aj esty's Governmont_assumed posscssion uf and v.ontrol over the Indies, tho soulloss poli- vy of & pruspivg corporation was suoccedod by tho swt.y of & poworful Ubristian natlonality, contra'iled and dircctod by statosmen of ability, wortl, and irdustry ; and, 1n order to show what aJer ¥.ajesty’s Govornment hoa socomplishod in the way of ‘publio improvomeuts within the last 1wonty years, [ proposo to fill tho romajuder of this ‘papor with a fow statistics, Firat, us to the EXTENT OF BRITISIT INDIA. It conrtains 913,400 squure miles, with s popula- tion of 193,223,468 wouls; and is divided into {:::rn provincos, nomod and controlled as fol- 1. The Provincs of Bengal, with a ulation wf 5,000,000, goverued by a Lioutonant Govera- or a/ad Legislative Council at Calcatts, and un- der the immodiate oyo of the Viceroy,—at pres- enk Lord Nortbbrook, who ts saon to’be succoed- ad by Lord Lytton. ‘2. "Tho Provinco of Madras, under a Governor, Ca-uncll, aud Legislative Council; with & popu-* lalton of 81,000,600, 3. The Provinces of Bombay_snd Belnds, un- dor » Governor, Council, sud _Legialative Coun- ©1: with & population of 16,350,000, 4, The Northwost Provinces, under a Liouten- mnt-Governor; with n population of 30,700,000, 5. The Punjsub, undor a Lisutonaut-Govern- oIt ; with s population of 17,030,000, Then comes the emuller 1’rovinces of Oado, the Central Provinces, British Burwmab, Mysore, sud Borar, sll under Chuef Comunssiouers ; an: thio mnatler Provinces of Ajiver and Carg, under tho General Govornmont of India, In sddition to these provinces, thers are s mumber of * FEUDATONY BTATES AND PROYINCLS, in all nearly 460, though =omoe of them aro very emall, which pay tributo to, sud to a certain ox- tont are controlled by, tho English Government of Inda. A rough calculation shows tha native Btates o covor an nrea of 610,000 square miles, with an I!Illmntnd'rurulnflnn of 55,000,000, yiclding & Fovenus of $70,180,000, but paying to the Anglo- ndina Govornmont oaily 33,283,640, All of thess foucutorios ackuowlodge the supremacy of tho Ciovernment of Iudis, but eome of lhem merely pay a nominual tribute, und, at the samo tinve, keep up thair awn systom of Govorumont. and have thair own armies, BUIL, it is as woll to_state that they hold thar lerritories practically on suffarsuco; for tho Vicoroy, bocked by the Promior of Ko- glend, could nt any timo absorl) those pative pawara; and, in my opinios, the man is now living who will sce thom wo abeorbed, and In the bnat interasts of the people of Indis, too. Uoncentration ueema to Lo tue ordor of tho day In $ho Inus yoaru of this worksday nintoonth cen- lury, and Idoubt not tunt the tiew men of the next thirsy years will soe lis adsptabillty for Auglo-Tndlan ternitorics, LanOR, Goographically conuidured, Indls 1s quita too im Tor the autroductiop of Europein labor, 'ractically constdored, 1 doubt it; bus, finan- oilky \ought over, 1t mriy provo somowhat of & buzzle, Tho factis, that ustive nold-labor s Yeory cheap, ‘The needs of tha tindoo are few, Lun tastey wimplo, s 100 plav, sud his dress— Wik thoro ju ot much to ba eaid about that [ ) for 3 yards of .eottory clothi is rather & r‘lmn ous fur most of thiewr, Ilowuver, hie can ive where tho Europoan wotild atarve ; 80 thas the T:mnuou of fudividual fab ur Letweon the uu- tve Laut-Indian aud the Luiopean will not be “A.wi" mhnur Kouoration. st least, oo A8 for tho couutry iteel £, i s iu simply & gront ‘platy, bounded by tho Ifi 104 layrs unptha ufirl.\-, 40d with two or thres sti il rauges of mountainy Aear the oast and wost coivit 4, 18 s four large Hvers, viz: ‘I'tio Qanges, 1,500 wilea fu length; the Iudus, 1,600 the Hriib waputra, 1,800; and tLe Triawady, 1,100; besl it above twenty-tve ]llmm eiroamy raugiug fron a 200 to 000 mulew tn sogili, ‘Thodo nivo, boy ever, do not wupply 1u thels conrea sutticlent ‘vater for {rrigatiod, withont which fs would | ¢ quite impossitie to Sucossafully raise crvps A wuy klod wisbiu twys SLiruw of the cuitivadlo s« 3 of Indla, And fuit Naie tomes tu oos of thi. most aplendid worlka il inclndes rolling-stock, a4 o tn; ower 3100,000,000 per ahwum; second, opum, fuir which tho Chinese piy: and third, walt, & G ovornment monopoly, aud the consumption of wlich articlo in India {8 greator in projorsion to atlior nrticles than iusny othor part of tho wot id, and is sald to bo an absolute necossity, both far human betngs aod for cattle! Law aud justice,, Admiviat atlon, Iro Public wol ks. Expondituny’ b England.. oftice, teler raphs, mint, ote., etc, I'ha last lead- fog itom, *-.Sxponditurd in Logland,” I do not understand ; but X nave given you enough statis- tics to show you that tho countryis so euor- mous ono, aml its revouucs quito woll worth cantrolling. the Goverumen: is pursuing s wise and libsral Er.llu; snd [ doubt not that, withiu a reasona- their childron at tho public cost, as fs now done in Amorics, A s all tax is now asuessad in cor- tho Province of Ila ngal, & simplo plan of prima- Fho numbor of tin2so village-sehools 1n 1873 was 10,787, with 258, 728 pupils ; and the total number of childron sttondinz_the primary 859,000, In the Narthwess Proviuces thero ara 8,630 village-nchaols, and 4,600 unaided uative veruncuiur achools, In the Puujaub there aro 1,046 Governntont schools, with au ave arage attondanco o 51000 pulpils; aud, i the Bombay Prosidency. thens ara 3,695 schools, witls an attondancs of 182,147 pupils, In addition to aducating tho natives is vacoivivg tho sorious attoution of the Govermne ut; nad, alihough ot achools, the railways, tho t.mways, and the Bible will Chiriatianizo India ye €. itis fn good working condidi'n, well drillod, fincly dwciplinod, and well corvmaunded; but thin, of course, will form pars of my oflle bera sbout 60,000 moun, and Whe native, commauded by Euglish ofiicers, ne triy 130,000, I snw, at theCamp of Iastruction &t Dell, twelyo Lorse-batteries, thirteon reg wonts of cavalry, and twenty-live of infantry, Who ar- tillory 18 sl Foglish, a8 the Govern.meut has nover soon fit, Aince tho wmutiny of 1! natve artillorists to uso ti was composed of four Engl regiments; aud tho infantry of nine (i ten Eoglish and about fftcon native regii Sents. Bowe of these native reglments, eapacial,'y the Ghoorkaka and SikLs, aro vory fine indeed, sud all of them wore good, servicenbla traops, \vho would hold their own anywhere, couutry, telligence, good execative ability, and from eapl, v manbood accustomed to coutvolhing large torri— tories and 10 ruling wmassos of mon. Thelr ox- } jy paut-due paper in bonds,—tbe uaust and or- perience soon teaches them self-ralinnco and. § ginzvy mosud thet sll civilizal nauoiw lave selt-control, and thai s sro acely Lujudiious | uod” from imo. (mmomorial—su the wiolo over uodortaken by anv Govarnment for the | of the nowar of (irowt Dritaln, Besides the benefit of 1ta paople. | alluda ta the troops I saw at tho Camp uf Inuntruction at Dalli, ATUPEXDOUS BYSTREM 0F IRRIGATING CANALS T ato mot, At varioun plsces in lndia, many constructerd and tn process of coustruction | regunonts of hoth Enghst and native Lroops, by the Indian Govornmont for the agri- j nud I have set (o meo the first non-offecuve eallural fmprovemont of its torritorica. amd | company. India develops oflicers of tue army withant which many thousandd of ucren of land | a3 1t does the gentionien of tho civil nervico, would bo practieally worthloss, ns tho rainfall is | It 18 responsiahity that pives tons to insufliciont to mature the crops, Laay of the | men, {f tuey lave the right ¢ uslities finlds a8 irrigated by water deawn from wolla, [ to ' build upon; and, shoull Eugland but millions of acres nro itngated by canals con- | bocoms ombroiled in a Contluenial war, Ifor atructed and kout 1n order by the Governines and, for tho nxa of tho water from waid canals, the natives pay a sinall tax, 8o ligkt an to ba of | and puttiug th m in command of hor troops, no actunl burden, Lus which, navortholess, yiolds | Not that I undeinstimate tho otficers atationed od a rovonue of over £3,U60,000 in 1473, —whicki+| 1n Eugland, but the oilicora i India are practi- will givo you some idea of thn extont of tho { eally in the flold ail tha tima, and, in the mattor canafs. 1 hinvo no roliablo da‘a at hand to aliow | of marching troops, moving sapplies, and caring Majosty's (iovornmant would starc twolvomontha in advanco by hiutrying home hor fudian oflicers the length of all tho canals, of which thersaro | for wan during nu active campaigu, thoy would great nimbore s tut thew nggregate length—I | buve vory Mitie or nothing to learn. mean of the main lines—canuot Lo lovs than ‘I'o me, a i 4,000 miles. TIE ENOLISHMAN X (NDIV I'hore are now opon, and {n good order, about | s in many respects liko tho Weatern American, 7,000 milew of —-not Ao lowd nor wo rough, but with the samo RAILWAYA relianca on himwolf, tho bolief fn his country, within the Dritial porssssions. ‘Thoss roads aro | the aamo confident nif-poiws ; in fact, & man fnely butle, and wil last for years to | Well woith Laving when lia Govarnmoul ju & woms wathout robuilding ; and, sithough | tight piace, Luilt hy prvate enterprisn, the chare ‘'hero in anothor estate,—the third cetate of tors ars mo worded that, within & given Limo, Indin,—that 18 also puahing to the front with 2l of theso ronda rovert to the Govornment of | marvelous strides. I inean, of course, tho nows- India, _In ordor to obtain the funds with which papbr-press, bota Longlwh and native. In to uild theso ronds, the Governmont af lndia | Kowe rexnccts, tho papers aro heavior thau ours ; suarantend the wtock to pay 45 por cont : and but, for freo, untranmimeled criticiam upon inon, Y notico that Il guarabies oot tho sum of | mannoers, Government, and natlve Lnbita snd about 37,500,000 during tho fiscal yoar wniding | curtoms, thoy aro not surpasasd, June 30, 1874, ‘The totnlcoat of tho roadniu | I loavo Iudia with regret, for I ndmiro its Lhis dato hina boon sbout £102,090,000 storling, | rulers, aud I shiould hke to atudy it ut leisure, or 493,080,000, rold, ‘Thens rallways aro con- { Inmany thinga I doubt not that the Govern- atructed in the most supach wanner,—tho aver- | mont hiaa tade mistakons but that Indis is fw- age oxpondituro beiny #80,031.21 per milo, whick mon=ely bonolited by Inglish rulo, there is no tor of ctrna, To | toomn for doubt,—aud it Las & futura, Very t ua tho cost scains enormous, oapecially i truly yours, e GEoRE A. Fonsyri, in borne (numlnd that tho u:ocklwn:llarnn n:, par iR :l‘ -—— in wold, and the money pat 10to the lines hon- | P FUN \ " GOVERNMENT! iy ; bt tho rosult Jusiies tho oxpenditire, | - CTIONS OF GOVERNMENTS, “Tho bedd of tho roads ara as 8olid As it 18 poRsi- PR o to ouild thomj the culverts, draine, nnd fEetirement of tho Gresnbackvs Tothe Edutor of The Clieago 4 ribune: Lanauig, Wso, Tor,, March 23,—The princi~ ptos upan which any branch of sciouce rest aro but fow and simple, whilo the thoories and ro- quiremonts of tho wocial fabrio originate purely in the fitness of things. Governments naturally oriso out of tho necossities of mon,—'tho wauts and fears of individuals.” It is to pro- toct tho weak against the strong, or to prevent tha giants, both phyaicat and moutal, from tyr- annizing over the feebler, that Governments are ingtituted. Aud when so created, constituted, aud omparered, their duties are noceanarily lim- ited tothe logitimate purpose of making Inw,— *a rule of action commanding what fu right, and prohibiting what fs wrong." Anything more than this is usurpation, illegitimate, and conso- quontly deloterious in ite results. For inatance, w sovercign Govarnment is not a corporation, cither ¢leomosynary or charita- blo. 1ts movereiguty does not extend to theso things. Its sole legitimate power {v for the pur- poso of Iaying down rules of action for its Aub- jocta or constitucuts, that cach and all snll en- Joy thesamo privilegen ; that the constitutionally ‘woak aball isva bis aharo of iho highway, shail Linve his eliaro of pure sir, and Lave bis quan- tum of standing-ground in the markot-place, in common with tho constitutionally strong. Auy doparture from laying down_ thio oiin rules by which all alike ehall be guided in their inter- courso with cach other, is_just that far dofeat- igg tho very purposo for whick Governmenta ara foymed. The primary object of goserumont in to prevent monopoly. If, then, it should wmonopalizo, its policy would defont it~ gelf. Instend of beiug & inler of giants, it becomea iteell s ginnt, with ifone to gainsay i suength, Consequently, Gov- ornments aro not creatod as corporatinng, for ths.purpose of rrofit and loss, Kor this reason, they caunot own and operato iron-furnaces and cotton-factoriea, Thoy :caunot own and ran commercial sbips upon the sess, or owu aad operate railroads within their limits, Noithor 18 it proper, right. or lawful, for Governments to maunfacturo mouey, or in apy way sutor into tho banking business. It 18 higitimate for Government to rogulate comumorca, fuland and ocoan. 1t islegitiate for Govornment to 1ay down the Jaw and 1ulcs for banking ; to fix the quantity of gold v a dollur, to fix the quantity of milver in a dollar, and put s utamp upon tho same to that offact : but to buy nod o goll, to baster aud to trado, do ot Lolong to Governmont to do. Goverumeut s ominoutly and solaly the law-giver, hore nra a fow taings incident to Govern- ment, natiouslity, or soverounty, which maka {t appear on tho sutface to exalcise tho trader’s fanctious, Dut this i .uot tho case. Every wovereiguty of nationality brosuppozes the ius Lerent prineiplo of seif-prosorvation, leucs tlio power of taxation in ordor to pay public sery- ants; tho ownorohip of the highway, in order to contro} aud regulate ita commerco ; domtaion over the soss, that intornational faw may bo ans- tuined ; the croation of an armv and navy, thut Iaw may Lo onforced and protection gunranteed. Out of thess nocessities und domauds arise the powor and right to burrow money, not for specu- lation, but for curreut exponses, that the nntion may bo preserved and houored. Moro thau tins, Government has no power or right to do. Kpo- cisl legisiation or anmlxtunry Inwa cau nover chaogo the valuo or coudition ‘of things. 'Lhey may create miscbiof or tomparary coutusion, but {he inoxorabielawof supply and detand ultimate. Iy wilt prosuil. *'I'ho lecpard cannol chango his spots, nor the Fibiopian his skin ;" neither can a man creato s grain of gand, vor o uation, with all 1ts bossted soverolznty, by enactmoat creato adollar. It can dofing what o doliar {a; it cau dotine what a bushol s, or what a quart ie. Thoro its sovoreignty ends., upnoso_Congrewd_sliould resolvo, **That, on and after July 1, A. D. 1876, corn shall graw on the highost penk of tho Racky Mountnina; thut urangey uhnll bo produced in'Alusku ; and that, on aud aftor the aforesaid dato, no man shall grow to be more than 6 nor losu thau 5 fool in staturo; and that monkoys aliall thon and there- aftor coaso to como iuto tho world with tails.* beldges of cut stono. brick, and iran; tho do- pots all built of brick, and fagged wmith cut wtone ; aud tho raliwny-shops conntructed in tho nost solid manuer. Souto of the railway-brdges in ting conntry aro marvols of sizo and strougin; and tho nowly-opaned Alexandna - bridge, near Wirzabnd, {8 Lho fongest ratlway-ridgo 1 tho world, being sometuing over 9,000 faet in length, and suppertad upon niuety-sevon brick plora, The ralwoy system hns securcd Logland's bold upon Indla agaiust any futuro robellion, and, in my opinion, againatany attgmpt upon the part of European Poworato wrobt it from hor, THE FEARS AS TO NUSHIA, Jaat bofore wo roturnod o Bombay, we were at Peshawur, the extrome northern military sta- tion of the Englleh inIndi, on the, or rather in the, bordor of Afghamstan, and coveriug the far-famnd Khybor Paus, through which somie of the wore timid Engtishmon cxpent the Russiang to dobouch upon tha plains of Iudin when they attompt to dispossosa England of ber eastorn torritories. Nov, it took ue, to come from Pesbawur to Bombay, losa than fivo daya ; and thirty-aix hours of tho time \ras enont on a Btago-routo of zbout 200 miles from Peshawur to Wirzabad,—the total distance being about 1,800 mites, Within eightecn months from this 2imo tho railway will be open to Poshuwur: and, when it ig borno in mind that Her Majesty Lias (0,000 European and 130,000 nativo troups in Indin, it 18 safo to presumo that tho Khybor and Holan Psssos could bo guarded within thirty days, at any given simo, 1 such 8 wav, and by pucl troops, 08 to make it simost o cortaluty that any attacking force that Rusma could bring through Afghanistan’ would bhave sn jusur- mountabie dilticulty fn ovon attomptiug to forco an entrance. Ae far na Itussia is concorned, ludin i3, in my opinlon, safe onougly, though Tinesia should harbor an idos of eventually ox- tending ber territonies in tis diroction, which goems Lo mo o Jittlo absurd when, at compara- tivoly a littlo of tho cost in men and money, Cliua could bo brought under Ler Bwsy. TILE FINANCIAL RESOUNCLS of Indls are ample, oud cortainly woll managed. Tor the fiscal yoar endiug in 1873, tho grows rovenue wan #941,062,326.76, and tho gross ex- ponditures $234,616,474.28,—reckoning tho pound sterling at $4.81 gold. - Thae revenuo was obtained from the following noutces : i 4 Htampn. .. o 12,635105,08 And the balance from post-office, law, tolegraphs, public warks, irrigation, otc., ote. You 00 by tho above that tho shroo grost mources of rovonuo aro: Lirat, land ; for the Jndian or Anglo-Indiau Governmont practicaliy mover gives up the feo-sitnplo of itu torritorice, ‘nd its rental, though not at all excossivo, yields o xriucipal items of oxpeundituro were : ‘Ieal 5 et it and minor departaient And the yemaindor of oxpensos includs post- 1IN 2 DUCATIONAL MATTERS lo_timo, tho mtives will be ablo to educate tain vrovinces for* maintaining achools ; aud, i ry justructiou haa boon started in overy distriot, Would thi chango the condition of thiugs ? A six months’ calf cannat be made in 3 minute, Noithior can an honost day's work be porformad in s socond, nor can & dollar be made by the stroke of tho yon. Labor i8 tho basis of all value, Au honast day's work 1 worth ao houost day's work. Tho sccumulated product of labor, constitutes the woalth of she country. No wmatter what shupe it1s in, it i value, Laboria valuo, The azure- gate xmount of labor bustowed i the pitduc- tion of gold fixes ity value. Tho aggreguts amount of labor beatowed in the production of & crop of whoat or corn fixes [ta valuo, And so with overything elee, And, on the coutrary, & promiso to don week's work in ous month from dote is not itsclf tho weok's work. A promiso to furnish 1 one month o bushel of shioat ja not the wheat itself ; noithor 14 the promiss to pay ono dollar tho dullar iteelf, heso are promises for valua, Yalue baviug boou given, valus must bo returned. Now, how is it with the greenbacks? The soidiora and salors recoived them for Lionest daye' work, The Governmont said to them, We havo no money now, but hero i & promike that thio United Biates will pay one dollar to beater. fhe dollar-promise wsd taken, and lias beon wwapped ms teaded from that day to this, Cone zress could not Bos how to puv those dotlary, his past-due papor ; butevervthing wau cloar enouglh 40 sucure back pay for itsolf, und & geus oral 1nicroase in sxlanios 10 and wbout the Waite House, Tho groat hue-sndecry is, that it wou't do to pay or fund u.magmoubncku by the imsue cf, uny, & $-por-cent G0-yoar bond ; it might creato o panio, Lut panics are not caused m this way, Fatlures crcato pouics. It i when lite and trust companios dou't pav; it is when juswrance compaules don't puy; it isn when bankn don's pay, that pauics aro created. When svorybody pays, business vuns amoothly, rail all that the Goverumont bas to do is to yry schools in tho Pravince of Dougal is over these public primary \\hools, thora are uot loss than ton Government colloges, and over 200 hikh rchnols, to say nothing 0f private academios for boys and girls of Europ.tan parentage. nall the Dritieh priviuces, this matler of flrat 1t was diflicult to ovevcome the wlens of casto, it ig slowly being do,3s, sod the public AS ¥OR TIE AR Y report, The Europsan wrmy puii- to train uns, The cavalry sh aud mne‘ BAtive "Tha ofticors, both civil and military, in tbis re, &Y & goneral thing, men of great ii v 18 acltled, m"?l‘:?hlrmbmlnud. {nsane {dea of Loarding gold Au for tho Hindoo, with Lis idoas of casto, ls babitual digrcgard of truth, wnd uiter iu~{ (o'hay off groenbacky is {1t ouly for a trimuer to ability to comprebond the valuo of time, he fu & 1 y,qu0 behind to wecuro re-olection or placa, study, sud an joterestiug ouo. Tho Maham- } 3¢ tho placo such aro looking for will bo like modan by, I thivk, of rather better stuif to work, Laan's flon; when they go to put thoir e o and of ritsly Judia to the other, | fas,aban® DORY o ihor, “1n cotmtry do onst, wout, uoril, and south, there wre 10 be ' idg that the greenbacke Lo paid aud retirod ¢ fouud the aua nothiug short of an honeat, straightforward FINEST POST-BOADS IN THE WORLD, — duciaration to this effect by tho Natioual Con- antoss it may bo that tho fnest roads conatruct= | SIE000 Will fnsure success tu the coming Pres- od under the suporvision of the lste Kwperor | {4,)ta] catnpaiga, T, L, DAWRON. of tho Irouch are u'lulxlunov. w‘?lcu lddm:vml'x i I'heso roads are carefully macadamized, wa .. 5 40 xlu?rfn o mutantly natched, and at evory hecon~ [ POSTSGRIPT T0 WHE'S TO BLAME? sary point have cut-stono draing and oul- vorts. ‘The Government has slso oou- structed publie butguiows, or rest-houses, o at couvonicut distancos, which sre placed e Yl the Hve-loug dagh 1o chargo of cortain woll-known natives; and it When dsrkiess wrapped tue varth, travelurs, for & moderata wum, sro allowed to- Jie Laatoned back (0 boias knd Leariu, apoud thirty-six hours within their walls ; but ¥ust ate bis supper, ylwuul,uxl-lu.mh tho attonds Lsvo to be paid for furnishing 4 And soou i wlvep protound repusvds moals, firo, eto, When about leaiug, a buod is b bandnd yon, in which you outer the m ot of publio chsrgos paid, ‘and wtate whether thw Alsck ] instead bio walked atone (Nor Liseded that poor Eve ut homs {8 to while the Lours sway U service of t0o nutives bay been vatistactory. For o 1t trom s to uphold uu‘h aruy I? India l-‘m}{tn ifll;bl“ lll fimf l‘l:‘D 'xl('m wrou| ‘Aml ut, l\c\;:‘vl..: ;n&.llg' overuwnent 10 waintuin it 1n fuct, Iudis ls W0+ 8y, UAY, Wy 0T day the sisintug-sohool of Euglish troops, adi Une ik tall adways wio's Lo Lismusy Lotk men s2d of e 2re Worthy reprossutativan } OR®a00, | K, 5, NOUSEKEEPING. Food for Invalids, 20thc Editor ut The Chiciao Tribu Citcaoo, April 7.—The subject of a sultablo diotary tor the invalid hias, unfortunately. ln the past, boen left Lo tho cousideration of unedu- cated porsons, men anl womon ignorant of the seiontifia method, hobbyists, who, catching a glimpae of some truth, have made it tho basis of crude and Irrational spsculations, shsurd theo. rics, and fantastic notiona ; and these, cryatallize ing tuto rulos for practics, have lad to & vast doal of minchiof. It Is, I think, some® what o tho discredit of tho modical profession that 1t has allowed the inatruction of the pooplo to fall Into thess iucompetont and misleading hands, Excuncs, Lowevor, nra not wantiug, and ona of tho mosc potont of tuess in the fact that until within a very fow yoars eo Iittla has beon cortalnly kuown of tho complox procovees by which the body is suatainad, Tho action of the machinery was protey well understond.—the oconlt forces that maintamnod It wera still mysteries, 3 . But acienca has lately made wonderful strides., Tysiological expenment sud pathologlest ob- nervation aro fast clearing away the darkuess, and wo may now hopefully look for- ward (o & comparatively complote aud perfect knowledgo, 'and as this ju grad- uslly attaluod wo thall eee more aud mora tho’ hmportant part which proper bu- trition plays 1 tho prevention and cura of diseases, Mal-uuirition s at the bottom of most of our plysicel woen. When wo Luow how to amond this we huve tho wocret in cur batds, I'his mueh by way of emplarizing the im- portauce of our mubject. In regard to practical detasly, porhaps tho bost tuing to bo anid is shat the tastes aud idivsyncrasios of tho paticnt hiould, to a certain extont, always bo cousulted. It womotitnes Lappens that the instinclive crave 1og for particuisr articles of fond 18 & botter Ruido than theory, even though that theory bu jusuified by oxperimont. Lut theso cases ain oxceptionsi, and tha goveral rulo 1 tust {u scato attacky of illness tho diot slould bo light and unstimulating. While tho chnracter of the dizeasu is shill undetermined nbetiuence s alwuys prudent, sud o few days 10av sbow it to hava beon tho ouly mxfo course. Even sbecluts fasting for o uhort timo may somotimes bo benetit. * Bilousness” and “malaire will, in multizides of cases, yield to rest and boot-tes, aud tho Jeast poesible medicntion, ‘Thoso grave discases in which sbundant nutri- tion 1# from the atart an esuentisl eloment in tha treatmont Gre nPPAroNS XCOpLions, yot, oven in theso cases, abatineacs would probably do lers Lartn than the usual indiscrimivate cativg, IHere the ondeavor 18 to support tha nystom by nutri- tiou (und othor mean), under the terriblo drain upon 3t, and tho demend is for all the nourish- ment tuss can bo assinulated. Soinuch depeuds upon this part of the treatment that tho advico of tho physician shouta be closely followed, aud it appetito und digeaifon are wanting the inge- nuity of tho uursy shonld bo taxed to the utimust to induco tho patient to takio sud onuble bim to digest tho food upon which bis hfa depends. T'horo i room for ull tho tacs aud judgment that onu 18 vo fortunsie as to podscsy, aud tho ab- sence of theso too often thwarts the offorts of tho pliysician and turns the scale tho wroug way. e providing for invalids Auffering from wast- ing, chrenic dikoases, o knowicdge of & fuw plain puyeiological prineiplesand well ascertaiucd tacty 10 regard to digestion in esseitial, Vhysiologimn divide tho duferent Linds of food” iuto two classes, sho Nitrogenous and nen-Nitrogenous, Of tho Nitrozevous albumten, 3s seen 1n the whito of opgs, tho gliten of whoat, and the caseinio or cord of milk, sio fomilir cxumples. Wi einsn {4 concorued chiaty in the uvuerion of the tisstios, Of tho BOR-NILFOgENOUY WO Inay moution starch, sugsr, oils aud fats, sai:ne oai- tern, such s common salt, nud water, 'Thcss, besides opiug Butrient, ate concerned iu tho pros duction of tho hoat of tho Lody, Albumen ia abundant in opimal food as well’ 88 in vegota- e vit 18 found 10 waize and 1 mutson-chops ; you get sugur and eaits sud water in vosches aud 1 wilk, "I'iso body noeds the ons as much ag it does tho other. The carbou of tho futand sugar are wunted ferthe geucration of hoat as much ay tho albuman_for tho nourshmout of tho bluod aud repair of the tmsues. It wonld seom, thieretoro, that a mized diot is the vyt propor for muu, uud experimonts upon thoso of tho lowor auimels whove vrgantzatiohs mont rexombls our own liave shown thut this iy tho facl,—tho vogewsrians to tho contrary not- withstanding. No#. how are theso matters appropristed by tho system 2 ‘Tho nutogonous principlon undergo digestion in the stomach Ly the action of tho gustric juice; the non-nitrogenous oncy aro sull further actud upon by the tntestina) fluide, Starch must first Lo made soluble by conver- gion into sugar, Tl process Is bepun during wastication by the action of tho suliva; jtis suspended in the stomach, ond resuwncd und comyleted in tho stall 1teatines, e glands which eccrete rallva aro undevol- oped in infoucy, Untl siterthe oo of 4 months no saliva in appreciablo quantity 1s socrated. 1f thon the baby s fed witlh starch—corn-starch, maizena, arrow-root, tlour porridge, ete., the wholo ouus of digestion 18 thrown wpon the in- testinos. ‘Ehin error in diot is undoubtedly large- Iy, ono miplt almost say chiely, responsiolo for thia intestinn! deravgomonts of (nfants renred Ly hand. 1f the baby 14 alroudy sufering from diarrnon, how much moro serious 8 the errur and huw futile the effort to curs the discasa whilo the orlgiual causa f{a atill operative. Nor in tho intostinal troublea of adultd cau such a diot be otherwise than ivjurious, 1 have uo deubt tont dorangoments of this kind, which woald othorwiog easilv diaappesr, are oftou kept wup for waeka by the continusl supply of wtarchy foods, thus porpotually tesewing the action of tho disturbing cause. Tuids, as the hquid part of gruols nod roups, aro quickiy absorbed in the stomach. But iu somo casen the absorbonts fail to uct, an indigestion of fluidw, and solid food ** agrees " better, In ruch casea wo would uot insist upon giuel is ordinarily digested with easo. 1t should alko be romembered that for varlous ronsons what is acceptablo 1o ono pationt may be quite unfil for avothor, If no known cios exigt, tho genoral rules may ba lowed. If thore is auy pecutiarity 1o tho caso, uxXonmnut i the only proper guide. 2 l}cw oesoutial pointa, then, are to be borne in mind: 'nat tho food ehould be of suitable quality,— adanted to tho 1mh:m. ut it shoula bo propared in thebest man- nar. "Tnat it shoutd be taken slowly, ‘Tt neither food nor drink should be so cold 18 to lowar the temparature of the stomach bee low the polut nocessary for digeution, I'list it should not be wccompanied with drink in mich large quantities as to unduly diluta the digestivo fluids, and thusjmpelr their quality, I‘hut it sbouid bs euppliod at suitabie inter- valu, Tho fow constderations wumgested shove ap- peared to e, upon reflectiou, nvecesrary in or- der to do justico to our subject, 1f to some they are wuperiiuous, 1t may b thatothers whose opoortuvitios havo been fewer may find thewm useful, ‘I'he discussion of tho methods of preparing light dies, doluyed for tho purpose ahove mdi- eated, will, with tho sditor's perwisslon, Lo tule tisted in the next paper. Asxte M, Hac, 3. D. R Baked Indian Pudding, No. 2, To the Kditor af The hwcago Prioune: Cutcaso, April 5,—Harmenous {a sitiing op- posito to hia wifc, Laurentiue, at the broakfast table. 1 have been lookiug over the houseksopiug department in Tue Tniuoss," ho remarked, ** 1o which I flud » culinary mirscle. + Goodness mel A what?" questions Mra, ‘Iarmencua. + Laurantine," intorposed the waidon aunt of the Puritan pattorn, at the eud of the tabls, ' 1t would be quite au well {f you wars more choice 1u the uso of lauguage.” #A culinary miraclo,” reposts Ifarmoneus. + A recaipt for baked Indian pudding, signed by +J. ¥, B., Champaign, Hi' I soldom have faith In newspaper roeceipts,” Lo resues after s mo- wment, *but this one appeara to have the basis ' Don't trust the cook,-do it yoursolf.” he adide, a6 lio Jannos Mra, Ilarmouocus,—3 lazury whieh no thanght of politics, or religion, or culinary ruracle will ever induce thus Ioston man Lo foiegy,— and I'l brisy the Doctor to dmnor,” (1he Doctor i3 an honorary member of tho famuy, iuvited siways ou great oc- caniond, An liour later Mra. Iiarmeneus ia seen in the kitchen. T'no milk and meal are ncalded accord- ing todirections, tho malt, cinnanoo, and suet added. **But when shall wo put in tho mo- laksos ? " asiia the Iady for thin twentisth time, reading over tho paper-cutiing pinuned on tho wall for referonco, **Mru. Champaign says nothing oo this point. \Will aho have u4 to in- fer that only s alght at Now Orleans moiaseos 18 all that s neccssary? Hir till the tmixture foams,”" eho reads. * Norah,'"-—tus wifo of Harmenous speske to the cuok,—* won't you heat tuin awhile? I can't seo suy foam, and my arm in_giving out,” she explaius with dejected air, Norah awsenita and Mra. Harmensus ap- plien her mouth to the epeaking tube, Vil Aunt Winthrop pleans come to the Kitchen, and bring her speatacien 2" ‘Tho whola housolold are at lsat sssembled, but thoir united forco of oyosight fails to dis- cover & spot of fosm, Notwithstauding, tha wiztaro i couriguod o the ovea for its thros hours' kojonrie, 1t camo forth & fsilure. Mrs, Harmencus nugegonted that aho might binvo used 1oy great n qaautny of meal, tneasuring br o RpOOHL 1 A0 Sudelinite. Another person remarked that 1 8 housetald whoro it s a custom to spread tha daily s “ith kpiritual honey, $wo spoon- fuals of inolaesca can by v mannar of tnoaus be sunicient ty sweeton mx spooufuls of Iudian “I'na diszppoittment feil hoavily on tha Doctor, who possecees & Lieart enpeciaily wusceptive to the attractions of pwldivgdom, and poor Hare meneus had i Foving in Loston all the morn- ik, and wuy aowmenbut hungey Mre. Harmencus calmly ietnarked, “I seldom have faith i uownpaper 18" Aunt Winthrop is rect descendaut of one of the nbs of the Maytioser. Sho is well fu- forwed concernitg Lludian puddings, and biolds " thie originnl foruuia whose woudcifal comuimas tion of maserial things was 80 couducive o tas amiability of Gaorge Wastingtn, “hin i tho rute (New Eugluud wowen walk by rule) : ‘Lhree quutts niiik 5 2 sl cups of corneinnal,—it slioutd measure o hittlo over halt piot ; 1 ot molassod ; 1 oveu tenspuonful salt ; i swall pieco of butter, 1f tho tnlk 1n ot rich., tha additiun of L egPa by nocessary, Beuld the mieal 10 one quart of milk ; then taking from the fire aliow 1t to cool. Add tho sait, butter, beaten vzge, aud molarkes,—utirring the whole vigor- onely. After which. put it inta o stons jer; thon ndd the cold milk, De carelul nuw to give only 8 few wovepouts with the zpoon. Covor and place 1 @ klow oven, lottiug it stand #ix or weven hous, (Grandmother wonld biave placed it 10 tho brick oven for the night.) Iour heurs in stronger heat will bake it nicely, but 1u order that ths table deliglit shail orrive at its highest point of excetlence, and that 1t shail aysuinio ity delicions reduers with the quivenn jelly of amber, it Las nead of lourn of elow hest. ‘I'lio cld rule 3s wiven with vue pint of wos lauses, and there ara cortain states ol mind, iu- deed, in which any rmount of the eacclariue slement j3 not distasteful, Lut to tha palate of rorigned Lachelors, aiso tuckiess spiosters. sull in thie houds of hope, sud the majority of tman- kind who ordinarily die ou this lower planet, the quantity mentionud 18 tou wach of 3 ¥webt- ness, We tae losy thau & pint, but mote than thteo-quarters. “L'io pudding can be served hot, but mast pao- ple mefor i cold. Aad sboald tho gentietsn wppusito eateh sight of » pitcuer of erenw stand- ing besido 18, your puser 14 ssaured, my dear madsm. Presaut whatover claim you choosu ; 16 18 Yours wituout cavik. ‘Butao day nest week we sro to have each o pudding, sud the Doctor's hoart will be sootbed by an wsitation to diue. C Wk —_———— Cream Cookies. o the Editir of T'he Chiengy Trivune: Garva, IlL, April 5.—Feeling iotereated in the Houeckeepery' departweont, 1 will reepond to “ . G TV eall fora recipe for cream cooki- ios. Iuse this: 1teacup of sour cresmn; 1 cup of butter; 2 eaps of Bugar; 2egge; 1 teaspoou- ful of soda, dimsolyed fu s very little water, Az shightly, and bake in o quick oven. Tins wakes o large bateh, and will keep six weeks, if aesir-d. Aldo anoiher, which.are very good: 1 tencup of sdur creats: 1 cup uf white bugar; 15 a easpounful of Koda, ~ Mix slightly us above, anarcll wun, 1f desired, they &ru very nico rolied in white sugar. “Tne beauty of cookics 14 to baka quick. having your oven woll beated betute putting them 1o, For the beaetit of young hounckeopers L will nid my recipo for inaking ginger-snaps: 1 teacup of molnsscs; 1 teacup of brown euuar; i teacup of melted tard ; 2 tublespoonfuin of pulverized slum, dis. rolved in o tub.esnovnfut of boilivg waser (be sura that it is woll dissolved) ; 5 teaspocnruls of oda disdolved in 4 tablosposnlun of boshog wator; 1 teanpoonful of ealt, and two tsblo- spoontuls of giuger. Alix t6 o suf dongh, vra Little moro su than cuokies; 1oll the same thiickueas of cookies, aud cuc into squares 93¢ fuches, aud bska in & quick oves. They are very good. LIOUSEREEIER, 0 the Kditor of The Chicaau T'ribune Oxtaua, Neb.. Ay —In complisnce with the request of ** 1. G, 8," thiat vome oue wonld send & recipe far cream cookies, I will contribute the followiug, which I think caunot fall to give sate isfaction : St togother thoroughly one cup of sour cream and ove aud ouo-half cuns of white sugar: odd asmsll teaspoonful of eods, dis- solved in a littlo warm water ; stir in immediate- Iy about a cup of tlour, theu the white of one epg well beuton ; wmixin enough flour to roll carily ; roll thin, as thoy will raise more than balt, Bake in & moderataly Lot oven, beiug careful to not brown thew, sud they will be as whute as silver or delicato cake, = The yolku of ogge loft from , meking deing or whito cake, may be "used by the fol- lowing recipe, which makes a delicious cakin, and may be baked in o loaf or 1 cups : One cup whito sngar; threo-fourths cup sour cream; yolks of Llirse aggs (threemore will only of conmon souse." » And suot,” rends Mrs, Harmeneus from per just landed to ber. Hartenous has a grave face with_large eyel & chemins, sod came from Bostun, reapact his opinions, My wother often mado them," continues the husband in » toue suggestive of a sigh, heve auch nive dishes on the table he addu u the usual masculice way :'r pointing rewstis on housebold topica witn ag 1t ''ne large syea taka un & dreamy look, and Haturoniu 't & doutt bub that they jslly uz:&n Buuler ':lmd. = N uat ¢y (Lle receipt, dear,” the chemlst whispess affectivually whide Luttaniug his caes, iprove it, if you have thom) ; two cupa of tlour; hall o teaspoon of soda, dissolved io & littlo warm wator ; half & grated nutmeg—the oygs to be beaten and stirred 1 aftor avoe cup of flour Lia boen used. Many persons who wmake their own butter. carufuliy #ave tho cream for that purpass, and then uso It for making cakes, ine slead of sometimes usiog tho cream, thereby suving the tima and Jabor of churnipg, bemdos Liaving caks diffetiug entirely in flavor, snd ofton fur suporior to thoso wade with butts b, B To the Editor of The Chicaye Tribune: Acnoga, IIL, April 6.—In lookiog over tho Housekeepors' Dopartmont of Batuidsy’s Tiip- ©NE, 1 find 8 request from L, G. T, for & rocipe for cream cookios. Thave one which I havo used for two yeara with porfect success, aud here it 16 : Two eggs ; two cups white sagar; one cup thick sour cream ; oune-half cup butter ; one toaspoon soda ; flavor with lemon extract, one teaspacn 3 or with nutmeg, if preferred. In baking cookles, I am careful to bave a gond stondy heat, sud alwags warw the dish I waut to Dako then in. E 1 cau hurdiy xgree with tho lsdy about plos, for thera aro some that ars preferable to pud- dings, sud much less tronblesonioin the wake ing. 1wl give heroa recipe for ucroam pie, which I think sha will lika: OUne cup swoet eroam ; Lo cgis ; sugar to it the taste, snd enunugh milk to wake 1t for 8 round tin; flavor with lemob or vanilla. I always sift all the flour 1 use for calkon aud pies, E.MT, Useful Recipos. To (he Editor of The Chicayo Lribune 4 Cutcauo, ApritT.—A fow weeks ago tho Learta of multitudes of the fady readers of Tug ‘U'nine use were gladdencd by the mppearauce jnits pages of the commeoncement of & kories of artl- clew un housekeeplug, frow which we hoped to gain many now idens on the subject of domostle economy, cookery, 6ic,, aud waro groatly editiod Ly two or threo articlos on that eubjoct, giving ue valusble additional infornation in differont branches of the cullnary art. Dut atlengsh a 1udy furnishes an article on fancy work, saying “thiat housekeeplug s in its highost aouse lhomakeepiug.,” When presto, the whole thing is chwuged, and the subjoos of wvookery secms to Lo entirely forgotten, aud porbaps wu roight fufor from thiv the direction i which the tastea of tho ladies too ofton run, aud how the ornamental is oulivatod at tho eponse df the ussful, on the asma principle that cako-making is ofien thoruughly learned tu the utter neglocs of plainer but more ossential artictes of diet. A certmin voung lady of our scquainisuce sol- dom to make » nice cake ou Baturdays, bus acknowledges toat stie knowa uothiog what- ever of broad-making, She loaves all that for ber mothor, Perbaps fow persons, however, admire fancy work miore thas the wiiter, sod probably uot mauy (adies ba done moie 40 that line, but we do not think 1t wmore Jioportanl -ubé-ut of ths pm‘P 1o of food lu the baokgrouud. (@ biave srticlss 0u botl aubjecty interaper 'or thaugh it would be very uard indesd to du panse with the roses and lilles, yat ws cannot help feeling that our potatoas, and cabbages, and ont-mesl mush are equally indisponsale. Accordinglr, 1 sond you a few original recipes, which'l have found oxcelient, A most deiicious Joluoy-cake one ogg, well beaton § half cup molasses ; thre tablaspoona vinegar, or ono cup of sour milk, it ourth teasnoon sslaratus, Stir all woll to- you havo it three- disolved fn a little wator, gother, Lill about the conalsteucy of griddio- cakes, and add patoratus Jast thing beforo Lal Then bae inm hot oven for twenly or thirty minutes, or till nicoly biown, Good esten An excollent brown broad is made by taklog ona and a half cups oach of corn-mes!¥nd rye- mesl; two-thilrds cup molasses or BirUD; ObO teaapona Aalt; une teaspoon soda or msloratus. Htir all together, adding wator to make a rather thick batter, and stir “io saloratus jast. Htesm thres Liours and bake half an hour. Nico gomn sro made by tmxing togatnor one exg, well beaton, one cup milk, aod oue cup Theno are very mice nud light ‘wl;hout aked boans are very much better, and far sre, i inntosd of parsoiling, In the morn- Icaa trouble to they are lafL to #oa iug arain off the wator in which they worasoak- ed, and cover thom with fresh, adding a piece of salt pork, aud bake the usual timo. Driod peas are dolicioun prepared in the s Buggestions for Writers. To the Edstor of The Chicano Tribune: Custcago, April §.—The lady who wriles Home- Adornmonts in Tie Tninuse ban struck the key- noto of & great reform, tho prettiest, brightest, sud sweetest placo on earth; but it requires something more thau the beautifui things that fairy tingers fawhion to make s perfect home. Wo wisl somo lady who hina time sud tatents (we say lady, becauso whe should bo the leadiug wpirt in bomo-making) would write a lotter or & seriea of letiera ou the followlng rubjects, all of which go 1o the making o pdrfact home : Firsi—Suushine, Tome sbould bu made What s all our besutiful Laudiwork worth, if, With bar and bolt, and damnsk curtains, we shat out tbo glorious sua- Next, give us puro air, ornaments, nod glow- fog aunshine, —for health or Liappiness without the pure, fresh breazas of hoavon to oxygenato the bloud is not attained, stock n it, I think the Ruttan nystem of Leatiug and ventilation 1s the bast in ure, But 1 um only suggeating topics, pasa to the atchou,—aud who shail tell us of tho soriows and deats thul origivate there? Wao nro a nation ot gurmnauizer«. from morniug Il mbit: oroat there in u httlo mtenm, we drivk, sud chow, and swoke, and Atthough I bave no Next _comes the subject of personal clesuli- fa1d wo are a nation ol gortman. 1 say also, we are u flithy puopio,—not tho lower clseses ospecially, but thoxe who wear broadeloth and velves. Liouses have bath-rooms, or avy other cou the person ? How fow uf our mod ws a kitchen Tliere scems 10 bo 3 new ora dawaitg, not only on thia subject of perscnal cleanlinoss, but alsg in medication, ns iustanced i thoas vapor batns, which Are springing wy in different parts of the city, such an those ot tho Grand Paatic and at 100 West Madison Btroet.—which, by tho way, aro said to be tho best in beiug placed in & tub of warm yapor, the per- he world.—where Ly ed, nud at the samo a caka the Iant thing, aid stirad_only juat on suzh o miz, your ralsing will not fall to tho bo tom of the cske. Una the mbova rocsipt,—omittin, the milk,—dlssolve sads in littie hot warer, s you will have very nice cookies. Will some o6 bs #o kind as totell ms how to make fine light roits 2 Dried-beef zravy and good coddah balls? and T wiil ba nusn abliged. Will soms ono tell me what should & moat bill of three pirsaus cost (with some oxtra ones often) & month ? iLLs B, NDING, ‘The Facts About the Ioraéeiiace, Phitadeiphia Bultetin, There was somo liorao-racing ovor at the Blank courae ono day last fall, and Buttecwick sttended to witnessit, On s way home 1u the Teading cats, in the afternoon, hio encountered the Rev. Dr. Potts, n clorgyman, who kuow no mare about horse-racing than a Ilindoo knows about soveg-up. Datierwick, hovover, tosk for granted in lus usual way that tho Doctor waa familtar with the subjoct, sud, tazing s seat baside him, be romaikad : @ I wesont at the Blank course to-day to soa Longfallow," *tIndeed! Was be there? Where did you say ho was " **Way, over yer at tha course, [ saw bim and Goneral ITarney, and & lot more of 'om, e run mein Ganoral Harnev, amd {L creatod a big excite- ment, toos but ho beat ths Govoral badly, sod tno way the crowd cheersd him was won iorful, v that & good doal of 1uney cunvged ‘e fact in, I had & wmuil bet on tho Gictnral mynolf." You don't mean to aey that Longfellow sctually brat Geueral Haruey 2" . 1do! st Lim ths worst kind. You'd bsidly've thought it now, wound you? Lt wae never moro rucprined in my What's guoet about 1t is that be seomed t an frests afcor- wards as leforo b commencod, Dudn's fazo 2 it Wiry, funtead of wanting to rest, ho wad Jjumping abont just as lively, and whon tha trowd begau to push around him he kicked & boy in the stomach eud doubled luo up—vourly killod him, Okl ho's wicked! 1 woaldn'e trust Dim s« far as Lenuld #ee i, ““Thin 1 muply Rstcitshing,” waid tho Doctor, “1 wouidn't Linve bclisved it porsivie. Ave yog sure 1t was Longfollos, Mr. Buttersick ¥ “Why, certaiuly, of courne; l've naen him often before, Aud after breathing & whilo, D¢ and Mageio Mitcheil cams vul, and #8 doou an thoy stepped off o it ou an urtss WpurL of two and led Ler by the neck all ar und the piaca, and sba caniy In piaiuy sad b owing and tesrly uxtaueted. L never tovk inuch stozi iu biee anyway." “ Lod bor by the noek ! Why, this seandnlous conduct I ever heurd of terick, you must certa.nly vo Julg. ] pladyge you mv word it's the wolamn truth, Tsaw it m.eclf. And efter that Judge Fullerton uni General Harnoy thiey tovk & turn together, and that was the prottiest contest of tus day. Lust tho Judge'd beat the Gonoxal, aund then the Gunerat'd put 1o tho big licks aud gave it to the Judge, ana the two'd bo about even for axbile, sud all of aAuddeu the Goneinl wowid give & Kinder Jork or two and leave the Judge just nowheros, und by the tima tos Geaoral passed tho thurd qusrter the Judre keoled over agaiuss to fenco and gavein, 'They nay he broke his legs buc 1dou's know if that's so or not. Any- wav ho wns used up, If he'd dod tuas quarter his micht bave veen all iight. 5 “What was the matter with that quarter? Wasn't 1t good 3 A LITTLE MISUNDERST e most My Bae Buu uay be thoroughly cle time bave auy needed mouiciud iutrodaced iuty the eystem through the pores of the skin, in- stead of taking it by way of the poor, abasod that Iam writing a short news- tead of a treatise on beaith, us havo lettors on lowe adoruments, ou Kun- shime, ventilation, cookiue, pervonnl cirabimens, anc then on the mentai ucods, sod wmucical wants of tho fawily circle. Attrition Flour and Penrled Wheat. 20 the Kt.tor of The Clucago Tribune: Cuicaoo, April 6.—1 notice your correspond- G, I, of Allewan, Mich., aake what attn- tion flour aud sttrition j.earled wheat are, Lave been using both in my fauily, I will ou- deavor to Dnteily explsin what thoy are, hoping she may obtalu aoma of tho four, snd give tho public through the columns of your widely-cir- culated pajor tho benefiz of Ler experienco in 1ta uso ; by 85 doiug she will confer a bouofit on # large class of conyumern who noed to couatant- Iy use such puto aud wholesowmoe food products Attadon (lour, 80 called. 13 simaly the product from grinding tue wuclo of the sleat, chad and all, 108 unforu fiucusns,—uoe 1 the old way, botween mill-stones, which heats sud vtherwise injures the tour,—but by the uttrition prucess (uence ita uamo), with cold air curculating turongh the mili while grinding, wiich provonts the lour from leativiz, By this process of mill- 1 oniy are prossrved all tho food elewents iu their natursl propoitions and 1 Lhe sumu puro and nutriont coudition &8 1u the whoat itsclf. Whole-whoat four ground in the sbove mauhier 1 find can ve succenstully used for ail cooking Attrition pearled whoat is, I thiok, superior to austhing of the kind ever butore produced: uus » crusbed," or * wprepared" it cannot be wdulterated, or becume It showe for itsolf what it ia. ade, 1 uodetstand, by machiuery apecially ed sud adapied to this purpose, It s very ful and nutritious, wvaluablo for children, aud if cooked properly, sccordmng to directions o8, 18 ** & food fur the gods,™ thode products oap be purchiased outside the city, 1 do uot koow, but understaud thoy are manufacturod by the * Aun;ll\'luxllllll." like * crackod,"” musty snd wour, —— Anothor Town Hoard From. To the Editor of I'he Chicaye Priluna: Manexeo, lil, April 5.~We wish to write & few words for your Honsskeoping Dopartment. \Wo agree with ** Ploche " ou thg plo queation, and tuink tho writor discoursed very eloquently,— #0 much 80 that ne came noar losing the text in followiug the fights of {msgination, aud for & wmoment thought * The Pie-Biter’s Lament " waa 2 Webstenan effort or the lofty soaringa of a second Henry Clay. Someof the Indios congratu- tate thomaelves on $he great amount of labor saved by banishing pros. out against piow, and sudstitutert puddings in their placo,—~a very good wubsiitu's, we Kknow, for wo make a great mtay of them; but wo nover yot thouglit our labor losstuod,—rather augmented, Sbe gives a recipe far & pndding t roquires ono and one-hal thivk wo could minko two or throe pies o tho time roquirad to ook after tho'wood-firo Lo kuep the kottla continuously boiling,. Sbe also gives sho pop-over pudding as the praJer articls tv make when a filend cally in baif as: bour bo- If wiivo bad been wads in the moruing, wastead of makiog the poc-uiver, the time could bo spent in cutestaiuing tho fi ricud,— s tdon the most of friends would prefo to sit- tiug aloue while the indy of the Liouse is in the kitchen makiug a stir-up to ged tion sonn sthing * L. " remaris : * Having boeu an invalid for over thirty vears, I hiavey ound necossary o be “ H, M, M." comea beurs' boiliog. caroless, and looked rood effucts might bave been obecrved in the ant thirty yearw, plo that certain articlos will atways dteagros witk's Dnt as a gonersl thing wo Anmenicaus know tos much about our hvers a low, some phyaic Of courso thor » u will tell us that + our liver i badty affected ;" we think not at first, but the doctor's solumn howd-shake, united with tho porusal of wmoadical adveitisemonts, soon induce us 1o dopo dowu medicine until our livor 18 sifectod, if it naver ‘Lo wost caduverous, aly wo ever ueo are psoplo (LAt uover oat What other folks do, but subsist on Graham-flour, 1aized with coid water, sud baked in & aal:l1 ubn)u. Las hoen before. atly-looking sudividus How to Boil « Ham. To the Editor of T'he Chicagw Tridissie s Prows, 1L, Apnl 5,—Wilki great interest have 1 beon reading for weveral weeds past a column toaded Housokecpiog, through which I bave loarued mapy instractive lossony neccasary to many young housowives, sud nol s few old. will hero wive & fow recoipts, of which I myuelt ud kuow 4o be good, Firat, ln re- gard to Loiling whole bawmy, Couut on each 10- pouud ham threo bours, aud e bhalf-bour for vach followiug pound, and romember a bam iu s ot couuted, but frow boziouiug Lo e & regular * galivp," - ““npd“‘h butter, A Ve oy theu Md“‘: ith teaspoontul of soda inj tnen two tesdpuonfuls o ' ! browu wuger, Qb yes, But you Eoo Judgo must have lost s wind or somothiy, ud 1 recsou whon im tumblied 1t was sometning hse 2 faiut, you Loow," “Served bim right for ongaging in such brutul contert.” “Well, I dunne, Depends ou how you look at such thinga, And whou that wus ovor Lovg- fellow entered with Mattic Evelyn, o kept shooting past ber o)l tho time, aud this worriusd hior A0 that khie ran a Little to ona side und some- how, dunuo how it happened, but lus log kinder tripr.cd ber, aud she roilsd ovor on the grouud Lot pretty bad L thik, while Longfeliow Lad Lia leg cut protty nea to the bhone.” +Did any of tie sliuts sirihe bor 2 1 don't uuderntand you," ©You said bo kept shuotiug cleso to bor, and 1 thonght 1waybe suine of tne bullets ught bave struck her." *Why, I meant tbat he ran past her, of mv{‘m How iu thuuder could Lo shunt bullews at b ++1 thought maybo hio had a gun. But 1 don't undemstand auy of it It ts the wost wstoanding thang L ever beard of st avy rate.” *» Now, my dear sy, 1 waut to ask you how Longleltow could mavage a gun ¢ *+\Why, nd suy other wan doos, of couresl™ eslan! wmuu! Why, werciful Moses! yon didu't think I was talling sbout human belugs all this time, did you? Why, Longfellow 1 & boras! ‘Thoy werd taciug, ranmug races over At tue course, this slteruvun, sod L was trylng to toll you ubout st “You dou't say eo," rerasraed the Doctor, with a wga of relief. **Wel!, | drctare, 1 thoushit Jpu-werd wanu of the' poet, and { bardly uaw whother to beiiove vou or not ; it soeued so stango that be should buhave in that manuor.” ‘Lhen Mr. Butterwick went into the sumuxing- car 10 toll the joke tu bus fiiends, snd the Ductor nat retlecting Upon the ouirsgevus napndencs of the men whousmed luen Lursss alier respocte avle peoplo, WANRTS. + Afan wants but little here below, Nor wautw that ottie Jung.” 1 duts ¢ know who the poel was WLo puit that Botue munk jer Who, bound b Employed Lis daya (0 countivg besds, Aud tived oo ruots and water, Whoe'er hie was, he must have had A wost contented mind, Aud must have known but Jittle of Tyo wenus called mankind. ‘Who little wants, nor wants that tong, For instance, I—and I suppose et 1 ain ko the roaber Have niany wanta that atirand fret Tu my unquiel breast. 80 138y winas quantities Are there in iay squation, To name them all would go beyond Thia 8cope of DURErALION. 1 want my daily bread ; and that Includes a bill of fare That, fur ita compruliensivanesa, Would makes our poet stare, Not all the (rulta of avery clims Were I coutent with baving; ot all the cooka of all tha workd Could satisfy my craving. 1 want sork of food and drink That goes beyond cumine ; nt tha thotghts of sl the wise 1 want tlis power Lo choosa From out tho vast collation 1 want to knvwr, where now 1 toss In doubt aud speculstion. 1 want, bestdea such solld lore, ‘All teuder houseliald words? 1 want the lays of posts, and Thse fon umuer-birds, Andthen Lwant iny (riends, Who know ms wall, yet love we, Anil who, if awift misfortuns cames, Witl nut Ls sure to “ aliovs * ma, 1want both will snd strength to s Auove all hurtful thiuge; 7 want to bo an angel, but 1 wau not Lorn with wiogs, * T wunt—Dbut it cocus 1o ine Tuat space and type are Buite: Bhouid I o ou, the printer would Nespoctiugly decliue It, Eriex P, ALLXATOM fow A Procession of Dend Mon. Dentar Limes, darh 24, A strange tuneial procvssion arrived at Saota Fo .oue day last weok, Thore were twenty frelght wagy'nd iy tho procession. and each wajon was a bearse loaded with the romaine of soldiers i diffore ut Btages of decav, Theve bad beon bur- 18d, ona by ouv, ravging through s poriod of ueveral yoars, ab Foit Cralg, sud roocontly tue ro- ugion woro ordercd removed to the Government Cowetery at Santa Fa. Tho bodied were ex- humed, (picked 1 gunuv-sacks, sod each ane tae bolad, just liko vavkd of ors, Only one budy, that of Liaut. Drew, was trausported in a collin, Tha oficer porished of thirst on the Joruata dal Muerta six paurs sgo. 18 remains, - when ex- pused to inaje:ction st Bants Fe, prescuted & ruther naturul sppearauco. ‘I'ho tongue, or what romaiuod of i1, Bt} protruded (rom . the mouts, oyidencing the suffering attending his horrible Jdeath, 40 tuis suguiar aod ghaetly procesaion wore 140 bodies. The wagons discharged thewr wkelstonte freigbt in the Govorniuent ocemetery, aud escli gunoy-waa't aud 0ontents was dropped %0 & separats graws, Thore werenv religious or tilitary sorvices Of goramonies, sod the mew hired to socompauy ihe proceasion toased the saok of bonea about with as litile care and feals iR a8 they woula boxd ¥ of merchandine, A apese taule 80 walrd is no) ek'd sYary day ia Banta ¥a. 1